There's a cover of "Walk On By" over at Soul Sides, by some band called Spontaneous Combustion. It's not bad, but it just wasn't getting it done. After just about a minute of it, I had to hear Isaac Hayes's extend-o-version. He did a lot of songs like that, long drawn out dramatic slow jams; the slowest of slow. Here's two.
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Listen:Isaac Hayes - Walk On By mp3 at Louder Softer 12:03
Isaac Hayes - Something mp3 at The Ear Hole 11:47
3 comments:
Hand in glove (again); just put on a comp. called «Best of Blaxploitation» and sat down with a cup of black…That image of Truck Turner toting a hand-held cannon definitely fits the bill.
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Speaking of Truck Turner… and drawn out… and dramatic; how about Yaphet Kotto as bad guy «Blue»?! Dig that solo towards the end, where he – shot by Truck/Hayes – is staggering back to his car, the soundtrack muted for claustrophobic effect; as drawn out and dramatic as it gets. Yaphet is a slow (and silent) jam right there, all by himself.
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If you can believe it, I haven't seen Truck Turner. When it comes to Blaxploitation flicks, for some some strange reason I often get sidetracked by the Pam Grier flicks.
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